Medical Prefixes Flashcards
1
Q
A- / AN-
A
no, not, without
2
Q
ANA-
A
up, apart
3
Q
ANTI-
A
against
4
Q
AUTO-
A
self
5
Q
BI-
A
two
6
Q
BRADY-
A
deficient, under
7
Q
CHLORO-
A
green
8
Q
CHROMO-
A
color
9
Q
CO-
A
with, together
10
Q
COM-
A
with, together
11
Q
CON-
A
with, together
12
Q
CYANO-
A
blue
13
Q
DE-
A
down, lack of
14
Q
DECI-
A
one-tenth
15
Q
DI-
A
two
16
Q
DIA-
A
through, between, apart, across, completely
17
Q
DYS-
A
bad, painful
18
Q
ERYTHRO-
A
red
19
Q
HEMI-
A
half
20
Q
HEXA-
A
six
21
Q
HYPER-
A
excessive, above
22
Q
HYPO-
A
deficient, below
23
Q
LEUKO-
A
white
24
Q
MACRO-
A
large
25
MAL-
bad
26
MELANO-
black
27
MICRO-
small
28
MULTI-
many
29
NEO-
new
30
PAN-
all
31
PENT-
five
32
POLY-
many, much
33
PSEUDO-
FALSE
34
QUADR-
four
35
SUB-
less than, beneath
36
SYM- / SYN-
with, together
37
TACHY-
fast
38
TRI-
three
39
ULTRA-
beyond
40
XANTH-
yellow
41
AB-
away from
42
AD-
toward, near
43
ANTE-
before; forward
44
DIS-
apart, away, from
45
EC- / ECTO-
outside
46
ENDO-
within, in, inner
47
EPI-
above, upon
48
EX-
out
49
EXTRA-
outside of
50
IN-
in, into
51
INFRA-
below, beneath
52
INTER-
between
53
INTRA-
within
54
META-
beyond, change
55
PARA-
near, alongside
56
PERI-
surrounding
57
POST-
after, behind
58
PRE-
before
59
PRO- / PROS-
before, forward
60
RE-
back, again
61
RETRO-
behind, backward
62
SUPRA-
above, upper
63
TRANS-
across, through
